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Iraq: Iraqi forces launch offensive to liberate western Mosul from Islamic State (IS)
Sunday, February 19, 2017 6:23
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US-backed Iraqi forces have launched a large-scale military operation to dislodge Islamic State (IS) militants from the western half of Mosul city, which has been in the hands of extremists since 2014.
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced the start of the operation on state TV, saying government forces were moving to “liberate the people of Mosul from Daesh oppression and terrorism forever”, using the Arabic acronym for IS.
Source: http://www.warsintheworld.com/index.php/2017/02/19/iraq-iraqi-forces-launch-offensive-to-liberate-western-mosul-from-islamic-state-is/
